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Below are listed peacebuilding and conflict resolution organisations active in Nepal. Just click on a group’s name for further information.

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Advocacy Forum (AF)

AFs aims to combat the culture of impunity in Nepal by promoting the rule of law through a focus on victims, legal aid and high level policy advocacy.

All People Development Centre (APEC)

A local group that has set up youth-led peacebuilding initiatives in the Siraha district of the Terai in Nepal

Alliance for Peace (AfP)

AfP is working to build a peaceful and democratic Nepal. It was established in the midst of the recent conflict by a group of young people, and today involves professionals, aspiring student political leaders and other activists.

Bal Sewa Samaj (BSS)

BSS strengthens peoples ability to work for peace in Nepal, and works with conflict-affected people to find non-violent solutions to conflicts.

Center for Economic and Social Development (CESOD)

CESOD is involved in human rights protection, conflict transformation, peacebuilding and democratization in Nepal. They also conduct conflict-related research work.

Centre For Community Resources and Environment Development (CeCRED)

CeCRED strives to decrease the likelihood of future conflict in Nepal by addressing extreme poverty amongst marginalised groups.

Chetana focuses on the promotion of human rights and peace in the mid-western Dang region of Nepal, but also recognises the importance of economic uplift in averting future conflict and supports local people in income generation schemes.

Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP)

COCAP is a national network of peace and human rights organisations in Nepal.

Conflict Victims' Committee (CVC)

The Conflict Victims' Committee (CVC) was established in 2006 with the aim of supporting the victims of conflict in Nepal.

Creative International Forum (CIF)

CIF is involved in activities ranging from direct mediation in local conflicts, national advocacy campaigns, and training other organisations in Nepal.

Dalit Development Society

DDC works to create a more just Nepalese society. It focuses on victims of the recent conflict and dalit people, promoting basic human rights and re-integrating marginalised people

Dalit Welfare Organisation, Sindhuli

DWO-S was founded to work on behalf of the dalit ('untouchable') caste in Nepal, but recently it has moved into the areas of conflict transformation and peace-building.

Himalayan Community Development Forum (HICODEF)

HICODEF works in Nepal and aims to empower vulnerable groups through participatory activities.

Human Development and Peace Campaign (HUDEP)

HUDEP works to document and disseminate information regarding missing person cases, mostly connected to the armed conflict in Nepal.

Human Right Protection and Legal Service Center (HRPLSC)

HRPLSC builds peace in Nepal by focusing it's efforts on empowering local people.

Human Rights and Environmental Development Centre (HURENDEC)

HURENDEC believes that poverty, and the gap between urban élites and remote rural poor people, are major causes of conflict in Nepal, and that it is essential to address this and utilise local resources carefully in order to build a lasting peace.

Human Rights Awareness Centre (HURAC)

HURAC was established to promote and protect human rights – the abuse of which they see as one of the major causes of conflict in Nepal.

Indreni Rural Development Centre

Indreni Rural Development Centre promotes education for community empowerment in Nepal.

Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC)

Informal Service Center (INSEC) is a non-government organisation working for the protection and promotion of human rights in Nepal.

Institute of Human Rights Communication Nepal (IHRICON)

IHRICON aims to be a mediator between media and society in Nepal, in order to utilise the power of the media for the protection of human rights.

Institute of Peace and Development (INPED)

INPED aims to protect and promote human rights to support conflict transformation, peacebuilding and development in the Sindhuli district of Nepal.

Interface Nepal

Interface Nepal runs communication campaigns to support the Nepali peace process.

Jagaran Media Center (JMC)

JMC was established in 2000 by Dalit journalists who sought to challenge the embedded caste-based discrimination in Nepali society with media awareness.

Jagaran Nepal works to raise awareness for womens empowerment through programmes related to sustainable peace, good governance and human rights.

KAPINCE-Nepal works at the grassroots of society to promote peaceful, equitable and sustainable development. They focus on empowering people through education and awareness-raising, focusing on marginalised groups.

Karnali Integrated Rural Development and Research Centre (KIRDARC)

KIRDARC aims to promote peace, human rights, development and good governance in the Karnali zone of Nepal.

Malika Community Development Centre

Malika provide projects focused on human rights, peacebuilding, community empowerment and awareness-raising in Nepal.

Media Initiative for Rights, Equity, and Social Transoformation (MIREST-Nepal)

MIREST-Nepal aims to support democracy through the mass media by raising awareness of issues such as good governance, social inclusion, human rights, and peacebuilding.

National Alliance for Human Rights and Social Justice- Nepal (Human Rights Alliance)

Human Rights Alliance is a national level umbrella body of over 1,500 Nepali human rights organisations working for peace in Nepal.

National Peace Campaign

Run by peace activists and academics, NPC aims to help establish lasting peace in Nepal. NPC works to address the root causes of conflict, focusing on its political, social, economic, and cultural aspects.

SAHAMATI focuses on social and economic development, promoting good governance, and natural resource management. SAHAMATI is currently building peace in some of Nepal’s conflict-torn areas by developing local initiatives to raise living standards.

Samjhauta Nepal

Samjhauta’s aim to develop a strong relationship with local people and give them ownership of development projects in Nepal.

Sansthagat Bikash Sanjal

Sansthagat Bikash Sanjal is a networking organisation comprising 19 different local Nepalese NGOs, founded on the belief that sharing resources, best practice, and experience is the best way to serve the most vulnerable people in Nepal and bring genuine development to the grassroots.

Sarswati Foundation

The Sarswati Foundation is a youth-led organisation which aims to enable young people to take action in transforming societies crippled by war, violence and poverty

Siddhartha Social Development Centre

Siddhartha Social Development Centre (SSDC) works to empower marginalised and disadvantaged groups economically and socially in Nepal.

Social Awareness Centre (SAC)

Since 1995, around 40,000 people have benefited from SAC's programmes to promote peace and human rights in Nepal.

Social Awareness Concern Forum

SAC aims to raise young people’s awareness of peace-related issues in Nepal, and mobilise them to run campaigns in their own communities.

Social Development and Promotion Centre

SDPC works to create peaceful communities in Nepal and address the impacts of conflict by rehabilitating conflict victims, especially women and children.

SUPPORT Nepal works to reduce inequalities facing Nepal's minority groups in an effort to ensure a sustainable peace.

Transformation Nepal

Transformation Nepal works to help young people engage with the Peace Process, running trainings and workshops.

Videh Foundation

Videh Foundation aims to support women, especially those from the Terai/Madhes, in their involvement in peace and constitution making process in Nepal.

Women in Good Governance

WIGG’s objective is to strengthen the democratic peace process in Nepal, particularly through activities aimed at women.

Youth Alliance for Peace and Environment (YAPE)

YAPE works directly with local communities in Nepal to develop immediate responses to outbreaks of violence as they occur.

Information on peacebuilding organisations in Nepal is prepared by our Local Correspondent Ambika Pokhrel

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